song "(There'll Be Bluebirds Over) The White Cliffs of Dover"

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"(There'll Be Bluebirds Over) The White Cliffs of Dover" is a famous World War II-era song, popularized by Vera Lynn, that expresses hope and longing for peace and reunion in wartime Britain.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf single ⓘ
song ⓘ
alsoKnownAs The White Cliffs of Dover ⓘ
associatedWith Allied forces in World War II ⓘ
British wartime morale ⓘ
composer Walter Kent ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
culturalImpact became one of the most famous British songs of World War II ⓘ
symbol of British resilience ⓘ
firstPopularizedBy Vera Lynn ⓘ
genre popular music ⓘ
traditional pop ⓘ
hasChorus There'll be bluebirds over the white cliffs of Dover, tomorrow, just you wait and see ⓘ
hasForm popular song ⓘ
hasLyric There'll be bluebirds over the white cliffs of Dover ⓘ
Tomorrow, just you wait and see ⓘ
hasMotif birds as symbols of peace ⓘ
future peace "tomorrow" ⓘ
hasSettingSymbol white cliffs of Dover ⓘ
hasTheme anticipation of victory ⓘ
home front ⓘ
longing ⓘ
reunion ⓘ
historicalContext written during the Battle of Britain period ⓘ
inspiredBy White Cliffs of Dover ⓘ
intendedAudience separated lovers and families in wartime ⓘ
wartime British public ⓘ
lyricist Nat Burton ⓘ
lyricsLanguage English ⓘ
mainSubject World War II ⓘ
hope ⓘ
peace ⓘ
wartime separation ⓘ
mediaType vocal music ⓘ
notableFor association with Vera Lynn’s wartime repertoire ⓘ
evoking hope for peace during wartime ⓘ
notablePerformer Vera Lynn ⓘ
partOf Vera Lynn wartime songs ⓘ
performer Vera Lynn ⓘ
publicationPeriod World War II era ⓘ
setInLocation Dover ⓘ
England ⓘ
title (There'll Be Bluebirds Over) The White Cliffs of Dover ⓘ
usedAs wartime sentimental song ⓘ
yearWritten 1941 ⓘ

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White Cliffs of Dover → featuredIn → song "(There'll Be Bluebirds Over) The White Cliffs of Dover" ⓘ
(There'll Be Bluebirds Over) The White Cliffs of Dover → title → (There'll Be Bluebirds Over) The White Cliffs of Dover ⓘ
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Vera Lynn → notableWork → (There’ll Be Bluebirds Over) The White Cliffs of Dover ⓘ
linked to: song "(There'll Be Bluebirds Over) The White Cliffs of Dover"
"There'll be bluebirds over the white cliffs of Dover, tomorrow, just you wait and see" → partOf → "(There'll Be Bluebirds Over) The White Cliffs of Dover" ⓘ
linked to: song "(There'll Be Bluebirds Over) The White Cliffs of Dover"
"There'll be bluebirds over the white cliffs of Dover, tomorrow, just you wait and see" → openingLineOf → "(There'll Be Bluebirds Over) The White Cliffs of Dover" ⓘ
linked to: song "(There'll Be Bluebirds Over) The White Cliffs of Dover"
Vera Margaret Welch → notableWork → "(There'll Be Bluebirds Over) The White Cliffs of Dover" ⓘ
linked to: song "(There'll Be Bluebirds Over) The White Cliffs of Dover"
Walter Kent → notableWork → (There'll Be Bluebirds Over) The White Cliffs of Dover ⓘ
linked to: song "(There'll Be Bluebirds Over) The White Cliffs of Dover"